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Military Funeral Honors and Military Cemeteries: Frequently Asked Questions Military Funeral Honors and Military Cemeteries: Frequently Asked Questions Barbara Salazar Torreon Information Research Specialist April 17, 2014 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov RS21545 Military Funeral Honors and Military Cemeteries: Frequently Asked Questions Summary This report is written in response to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about military funeral honors and military cemeteries. It provides information to questions in three general areas: implementation of the Funeral Honors and eligibility criteria; components of the honor detail and the funeral ceremony; and specific questions on burial honors at Arlington National Cemetery. It also cites legislation that mandates that the Department of Defense (DOD) make military funeral honors available to every eligible veteran upon request. This report will be updated as needed. For related reading, see CRS Report R41386, Veterans’ Benefits: Burial Benefits and National Cemeteries, by Christine Scott. Congressional Research Service Military Funeral Honors and Military Cemeteries: Frequently Asked Questions Contents Implementation and Eligibility ........................................................................................................ 1 What Legislation Provides for the Implementation of the Current Military Funeral Honors Program? .................................................................................................................... 1 What Agency Is Responsible for Administering the Military Funeral Honors Program? ................................................................................................................................ 1 Who Is Eligible for Military Funeral Honors? .......................................................................... 1 Who Is Ineligible for Military Funeral Honors? ........................................................................ 2 Funeral Components ........................................................................................................................ 2 What Are Military Funeral Honors? .......................................................................................... 2 What Is the Composition of a Military Funeral Honors Detail? ............................................... 3 What Is the Protocol for the Flag Presentation to Next of Kin? Are There Any Recent Changes? ................................................................................................................................ 3 Are Military Bands Used at Military Funerals? ........................................................................ 3 Who Is Responsible for Making the Arrangements for Honors to be Performed? .................... 4 Are Members of the Military Honors Detail Paid? ................................................................... 4 How Many Military Funeral Honors for Veterans Requests Are Supported Only by Veterans Service Organizations? ............................................................................................ 5 Arlington National Cemetery ........................................................................................................... 5 What Military Honors Are Afforded to Individuals Interred or Inurned at Arlington Cemetery? ............................................................................................................................... 5 What Are the Available Emblems of Belief for Placement on Government Headstones and Markers at Arlington and VA Cemeteries? ...................................................................... 5 Will Same-Sex Partners Be Allowed Burial at Arlington National Cemetery? What Other Funeral Benefits Are Allowed for Same-Sex Partners? ............................................... 6 Contacts Author Contact Information............................................................................................................. 7 Congressional Research Service Military Funeral Honors and Military Cemeteries: Frequently Asked Questions Implementation and Eligibility What Legislation Provides for the Implementation of the Current Military Funeral Honors Program? The National Defense Authorization Act for FY2000, P.L. 106-65, as amended, sets out the requirements for funeral honors and mandates military honors at funerals for all eligible veterans.1 The originating language can be found in the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, H. Rept. 105-736, Section 567: “The conferees agree that men and women, who have served honorably, whether in war or peace, deserve commemoration for their military service at the time of their death by an appropriate tribute. Burial honors are an important means of reminding Americans of the sacrifices endured to keep the Nation free.” What Agency Is Responsible for Administering the Military Funeral Honors Program? The Department of Defense is responsible for providing military honors to eligible veterans. DOD Instruction 1300.15 updates policy and responsibilities for military funeral support. DOD has established a website that provides information including eligibility criteria, the text of relevant legislation, information for funeral directors, and related links, at https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/mfh/. Questions or comments regarding the program can be addressed to: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, (Military Community and Family Policy) 4000 Defense Pentagon Room 5A726 Washington, DC, 20380-400 Who Is Eligible for Military Funeral Honors? Military members in the following categories are eligible for military funeral honors: military personnel on active duty; former military members who served on active duty and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable (as described below); members of the Selected Reserve; former members of the Selected Reserve who served at least one term of enlistment or period of initial obligated service and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable; and former members of the Selected Reserve who were discharged due to a service- related disability.2 1 10 U.S.C. 1491. 2 According to CRS Report RL30802, Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers, by Lawrence Kapp and Barbara Salazar Torreon, “The Selected Reserve contains units and individuals most essential to wartime missions, in accordance with the national security strategy. They have priority over other reservists for training and equipment. Members of the Selected Reserve are generally required to perform one weekend of training each month (‘inactive duty for training’ or IDT, also known as ‘weekend drill’) and two weeks of training each year (‘annual training’ or AT, sometimes known colloquially as ‘summer camp’) for which they receive pay and benefits.” Congressional Research Service 1 Military Funeral Honors and Military Cemeteries: Frequently Asked Questions Who Is Ineligible for Military Funeral Honors? Veterans are ineligible if convicted of a capital offense (as defined in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2006, P.L. 109-163, Section 662), or when the circumstances involved would bring discredit upon the person’s service or former service. Veterans are also ineligible if they were discharged from the military under dishonorable conditions. These conditions include dishonorable discharge, bad conduct discharge, dismissal from the service awarded by court- martial, other than honorable conditions discharge, and for officers who resign for the good of the service in lieu of courts-martial, which results in a discharge characterization of other than honorable conditions. P.L. 109-163 (Section 662) modified titles 10 and 38 of the U.S. Code, to expand the prohibition against the interment of anyone in a national cemetery, as well as the use of military honors, for anyone convicted of a capital offense (as defined), or when the circumstances involved would bring discredit upon the person’s service or former service. This language expands upon P.L. 105- 116 that Congress passed in 1997. That law barred those convicted of capital crimes from being buried in a national cemetery. The 1997 law was ostensibly passed to prevent the possibility of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, a veteran, from being buried at Arlington National Cemetery. McVeigh was put to death on June 11, 2001. Section 404 of P.L. 109-461 required the removal of Russell Wayne Wagner’s remains from the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery. An honorably discharged Vietnam veteran, Wagner was convicted of killing an elderly Maryland couple in 1994. Wagner died in 2005 while serving two life terms in prison. Because he was eligible for parole, he qualified for burial at Arlington. Following protests from the murdered couple’s son, language was included in the Veterans Benefits, Health Care and Information Technology Act of 2006, P.L. 109-461, requiring the removal of Wagner’s remains. The Superintendent of the Arlington Cemetery reported that the cremated remains of Russell Wayne Wagner have been removed from Arlington National Cemetery and turned over to his sister.3 Funeral Components What Are Military Funeral Honors? The Department of Defense (DOD) defines military funeral honors as the ceremonial paying of respect and the final demonstration of the country’s gratitude to those who, in times of war and peace, have faithfully defended our nation. Members of the funeral honors detail fold and present the American flag to the veteran’s survivor and “Taps” is sounded.4 3 Document available at http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/rwwagner.htm.
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